Al - Qaida Suspects May Have Fled in Tunnel

[Florida_Geek]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Al-Qaida-Hunt.html?pagewanted=print&position=
March 22, 2004
Al - Qaida Suspects May Have Fled in Tunnel
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 9:48 a.m. ET

WANA, Pakistan (AP) -- Top al-Qaida terrorists may have escaped a siege by thousands of Pakistani soldiers through several secret tunnels leading from mud fortresses to a dry mountain stream near the border with Afghanistan, a security chief said Monday.

The longest tunnel found so far was more than 1 mile long and led from the homes of two local men -- Nek Mohammed and Sharif Khan -- to a stream near the frontier, said Brig. Mahmood Shah, head of security for Pakistan's tribal regions.

..more at AP...

[truthisfreedom]

1. yawn. on bush's watch, everyone gets away.

[CaptainClark23]

2. oh those crafty terrorists

who would have imagined such a thing as an escape tunnel!

like no one ever imagining flying planes into buildings....

[LincolnMcGrath]

3. oops they did it again

Q: How many #2 men does Al Qaeda have anyway?

[Art_from_Ark]

26. There are at least 2

Emmanuel bin Goldstein, and the evil Moriarty

[twilight]

4. can't we "smoke 'em out"

I thought that was the plan? :evilgrin:

Where is Osama?

Where are the terraists?

Where is that oil?

Holy cripes, the sky is falling!

SMOKE 'EM OUT! We shall overcome! :evilgrin:

:nuke:

:dem: :kick:

[BootinUp]

11. We don't care about swatting flys

We want to take over the middle east militarily. :nuke:

[robbedvoter]

12. here's a piece of nostalgia for ya:

WaPo propaganda piece from 2001:
The White House palace guard is always anxious to show that
> Bush is in charge,
> and Hughes
> yesterday took the unusual step of releasing a handwritten note
> the president had
> given her
> Wednesday morning, the day after the suicide hijackings, for
> use in preparing
> talking points for a
> photo opportunity at the end of a national security meeting.
>
> Bush had scratched out "This is an enemy that hides," and made
> it "runs & hides."
> Then he added,
> "But won't be able to hide forever." After Bush's aides worked
> up his talking points
> and the cameras
> were rolling later that morning, he said: "This is an enemy who
> preys on innocent
> and unsuspecting
> people, then runs for cover. But it won't be able to run for
> cover forever. This is an
> enemy that tries to
> hide. But it won't be able to hide forever."

[calimary]

22. This IS an enemy that runs and hides.

They run and hide from Congressional investigators. They run and hide from the voters. They run and hide from the 9/11 commission. They run and hide from the truth.

Call your congresscritter and make a fuss about it!

[NNN0LHI]

5. How come we never see any video or photos of all these tunnels? n/t

[spinbaby]

8. For the same reason we never see...

...pictures of Saddam's bunkers.

[thecrow]

21. Actually, there was a special on this weekend

all about Saddam's bunkers.
It was pretty amazing.
I think it was on Discovery or the History Channel.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

27. Are you sure it was Saddam's bunkers? How would anyone know...

...outside the ones providing the footage?

For all we know the bunkers are Cheney's "undisclosed location" somewhere in the U. S.

[0007]

18. ......or all those computers the terrorist leave behind?

[markses]

6. If it weren't for all the dead people

it would even be funny. Is al-Zawahiri related to friggin brer rabbit?!?

This whole thing has been a farcical scam from start to finish.

[randr]

7. Who would have guessed that Acme Supplys deliver in Pakistan?

You can just see those pesky terrorists painting an exit tunnel on a wall.

[rocktivity]

9. Hope they packed their suitcase nukes.

P.S. To see my NYC peace march pics, just click on the very insighful young lady below.



:headbang:
rocknation

[burrowowl]

14. Great slide show!

Thanks!

[0007]

20. Thanks for the show

[htuttle]

10. Yes. Of course they escaped.

Fool me...Don't get fooled again.

[alcuno]

13. Oh No! We fell for the old tunnel-fleeing trick AGAIN?

Fool me once..........

[NickB79]

15. What happened to their daring escape in armored LandCruisers?

That was reported last week? Arnold must have complained it was infringing on the script to his next movie, where he's fleeing California in his armored Hummer chased by all the women he's groped.

[struggle4progress]

16. "What really happened"

today's version

[0007]

28. Where are the photos of the tunnel?

Nic Robertson talks to us like were children listening to a fairy tale.

The armored Hummer story didn't fly, so now we have a new version.

[daleo]

17. A one mile long tunnel through a mountain - very impressive

Most railway companies would probably spend billions for something like this - maybe we should hire these people to help fix our infrastructure deficit.

[burrowowl]

25. LOL

Excellent reply. Especially with hand tools or did tey blast using nuke suitcases a la Teller?

[Chicago Democrat]

19. What a FAIRY TALE!

This entire recent Pakistan thing is a complete farce and lie. Utter crap. Propaganda. Osama is on the Moon. Al Qaeda will next be surrounded on Mars by the Mars Rover!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

23. How wrong you are.

Bin Laden is actually in some kind of time warp along with Dr Who. He will probably resurface sometime in Nov. 2004. He has also been spotted hanging out with Mr Spock.

[TahitiNut]

24. "The dog ate my high-value target."

Gone like a fart in a hurricane. Another Whimsical Mass Distraction. :shrug: